Federal Procurement Ombud Alexander Jeglic said a review of procurement practices found numerous instances of “bait and switch” in government contracts, where companies receive contracts based on their current employees and then switch them with less qualified personnel that perform the actual work.
The Office of the Procurement Ombud said in its Oct. 16 report that in more than half the files it reviewed, the replacement of resources by companies was done “correctly” and did not impact the value of the supplier.
“However, in some cases, replacement resources did not meet or exceed the qualifications of the original resource proposed to secure the bid,” the office said, adding that this raises questions about the selection of the supplier and the fairness of the procurement process….